International labour recruitment: Channelling bangladeshi labour to east and South-East Asia

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-107

  Fee, Lian Kwen ^a   Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 41349123421     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/0e16674a-en     Document Type: Article

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